Author's note: I think technically this might be more of a renga than a haiku, but then I think renga have a different structure... I'm not sure.

Anyway, I wrote these as a series a while ago, basing the next stanza on the last line from the previous stanza. I think I saw something like this done in a book of haikus ages ago, but I'm not sure how traditional my version is - probably not very!

Enjoy! ~ W.J.

A Haiku in Twelve Stanzas

Sadness in the nightSunlight, rekindle my hope,Make me smile again

Make me smile again,Paint my lips the colour ofMy joy in your arms

My joy in your arms,Indefinable, yet real -Moonlight on pillows

Moonlight on pillowsCushion my weary head andHang dreams above me

Hang dreams above me;My heart is too heavy toRise and hang them up

Rise and hang them upThe light is dappled grey; wetWashing in the rain

Washing in the rain -Such worries are forgottenWhen you arrive home

When you arrive home,My world is at the front gate;Nothing outshines you

Nothing outshines youStars shine in the shade of yourSilhouetted form

Silhouetted formAgainst the paisley curtains;Lazy sun peeps in

Lazy sun peeps inShadows play upon the rug;Fragments of darkness

Fragments of darknessTaunt the mind that cannot sleep;Sadness in the night

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